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utu Boosts Tourist Spending Power with New Tourist Refund Vouchers in Dubai’s Gold Souk

- utu launches a new program allowing tourists to gain up to 25% more value from their tourist refunds with vouchers valid for additional purchases in the same store
- The program kicks off with key partnerships with renowned merchants in Dubai’s Gold Souk, which accounts for 30-35% of tourist refund volume in the UAE
- Anchor partner Thangals Jewellery is debuting the voucher program in eight stores across the UAE, with integration already planned for an additional 15 stores
- The initiative aligns with Dubai’s long-term strategy to boost overall tourist spending and retail sales
DUBAI, UAE, April 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Travel fintech utu today launched the region’s first downtown tourist refund voucher program in Dubai’s iconic Gold Souk. Alongside the existing method of receiving tax refunds in cash or to a credit card at the airport, tourists can now choose to convert their refunds into vouchers worth up to 25% more than the original refund amount. These vouchers are instantly accessible through utu’s web app and redeemable in-store.
Operating seamlessly alongside the UAE’s mandated tourist refund process, utu’s solution offers travelers an optional, immediate benefit without altering any official procedures. When making an initial purchase at participating Gold Souk stores, tourists can choose to purchase a higher-value voucher based on their tourist refund amount via a quick process on utu’s web app, with guidance from store staff.
While the program launches in the Gold Souk, it represents the first step in utu’s broader vision to enhance tourist spending across the UAE’s full retail ecosystem – both downtown and at the airport. Building on its partnership with global travel retailer Avolta in Milan, utu is working to extend its solution to serve more travelers across key retail touchpoints throughout the city.
Once a purchase is made, a digital voucher is generated within seconds, allowing shoppers to increase their purchase value on the spot at that specific store. Tourists complete the standard tax refund validation process at the airport before departure as usual.
The program is launching with select merchants in the historic Gold Souk market in Deira, a major international hub for gold and jewellery trading. Thangals Jewellery, a respected name in the Souk since 1974, is the anchor partner, debuting the utu system in eight stores in the initial launch phase with plans to roll out to an additional 15 stores including Dorrado by Thangals, its exclusive diamond section.
Fazil Thangals, Chief Executive Officer of Thangals Jewellery, said: “utu’s innovative voucher program gives tourists extra spending power immediately, encouraging larger basket sizes or entirely additional purchases while shopping in our stores. We expect this will significantly boost sales and contribute to Dubai’s goal of higher tourist spending, while also enhancing the shopper experience and vibrancy of the Gold Souk, with Thangals leading the way.”
Asad Jumabhoy, Co-Founder and CEO of utu said: “This launch gives tourists more spending power while they are still enjoying Dubai, and in one of the world’s most significant gold markets. By providing instant, in-store vouchers, we’re creating a seamless way for shoppers to maximize their refunds on the spot while driving incremental sales for merchants. This approach not only enhances the shopping experience for travelers but also delivers clear benefits for our retail partners, and directly supports Dubai’s aim of maximizing tourist spending, all while staying fully aligned with regulatory frameworks.”
With over 380 traders, the Gold Souk is a prime location for this initiative. Gold and jewellery purchases represent a substantial portion (30-35%) of the UAE’s tourist refund volume, driven by the market’s international appeal and high transaction values. Dubai welcomed almost 19 million overnight visitors in 2024, making it one of the world’s most-visited destinations.
utu is pioneering a new approach in tourist retail by capturing the value typically lost when tourist refunds leave the country. By enabling shoppers to instantly access and spend this enhanced value with partner merchants before departure, utu is helping to create a more vibrant local retail community and is driving higher tourist spending within Dubai, enhancing its reputation as a world-class shopping destination.
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utu (pronounced “you-too”) is creating a new category in global travel retail. By unlocking the value of tourist refunds worldwide, enabling immediate in-country spending, utu empowers travelers with more value while driving significant incremental sales for retailers, and contributing to a more dynamic retail ecosystem. With over 25 years of expertise in VAT and GST refunds worldwide, the utu management team is bridging the worlds of refunds and rewards, unlocking new value for travelers and retailers alike. Founded in 2016, the company is headquartered in Singapore.
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New Amsterdam Invest N.V. annual results and annual report 2024

AMSTERDAM, April 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — New Amsterdam Invest N.V. (the “Company”, or “New Amsterdam Invest”, or “NAI”), a Dutch commercial real estate company listed on Euronext Amsterdam, announces its annual results and annual report for the financial year 2024, today.
Aren van Dam, ceo New Amsterdam Invest commented:
“With modest pride we report on New Amsterdam Invest 2024 results. An operational result of € 9.4 million in our first full year of operation. The operational results for 2024 is significantly positive impacted by valuation differences. These valuation differences amount to € 3.5 million mainly related to Interra Remington, an investment property acquired on 1 November 2024. The result for 2024 amounts to a profit of € 5.2 million.
The Company operates in a challenging environment with risks of significant currency exchange differences, partly due to the present turbulent economic conditions. However we do currently not encounter significant impact on our tenants.
New Amsterdam Invest wants to position itself as a dividend stock. As a consequence we aim to meet our financial and quantitative parameters as set out at listing, which among others includes a yearly dividend pay-out between 4.5% and 6.5% of the Company’s equity value.
As management we are confident to build NAI further and to be well on track to realize the articulated financial objectives of the Company.”
Financial Highlights
- Rental Income 2024: € 11.1 million
- Net Rental Income 2024: € 7.6 million
- Result for 2024 after non-controlling interest: € 2.7 million
- Earnings per ordinary share: € 0.51
- Total investment property 2024YE: € 128.7 million
- Total Equity 2024YE: € 54.7 million
- Cash generated from operation 2024: € 3.1 million
- Solvency 2024YE: 40.2%
Strategic Highlights
In line with its strategy, NAI acquired a second investment property in the USA on 1 November 2024. This property with an expected rental income 2025 of € 6 million and an annual profit before tax of € 3 million, will contribute significantly to the Company’s result, although approximately 41% of the result will be allocated to the minority interest held by our local business partner.
Outlook 2025
For 2025 NAI expects to be profitable and well on track to realize the financial objectives the Company as previously articulated. More specific, NAI reiterates that its current portfolio should enable it to realise a net rental income in the financial year 2025 of approximately 11.6 million and an annual result before tax of € 5 million, excluding potential impact of revaluation of investment property, exchange rate differences, minority share(s), and the results from the acquisition of new investment property.
Business overview 2024
The results from group companies have been included and consolidated within the Company’s results. The net rental income including service expenses charged amounts to € 7.6 million. The result before taxation for the financial year 2024 amounts to a profit of € 6.8 million. Included in this profit are the positive valuation differences 2024 in the amount of € 3.5 million.
Further we note that the expected loss on the VAT receivable to the amount of € 330k, as included in the general and other expenses, has been charged to the result in the financial year 2023 and has been fully released in 2024, which results in a comparable difference of € 660k.
Property portfolio
On 1 November 2024, the company acquired the property Interra Remington, Houston USA, via one of its subsidiaries, bringing the total investment properties in the Company’s portfolio to seven; five properties in the UK and two properties in the USA, all held by local group companies.
The breakdown of the investments per property at Year-End is as follows: |
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In €1.000 |
2024 |
2023 |
|
Somerset House, Birmingham |
18.490 |
16.841 |
|
Interra One Park Ten, Houston |
17.641 |
17.948 |
|
Travelodge, Edinburgh |
13.907 |
11.569 |
|
Sutherland House, Glasgow |
9.190 |
10.475 |
|
Blythswood Square, Glasgow |
10.557 |
10.360 |
|
Forthstone, Edinburgh |
10,738 |
10.222 |
|
Interra Remington, Houston |
48.141 |
0 |
|
Total investments at fair value |
128.664 |
77.416 |
Of the total 2024 rental and service charge income of € 11.1 million, 57% was generated in the UK and 43% in the USA.
Cash flow, and cash position
The cash flow from operating activities 2024 increased and amounts to €3.1 million (previous year €1.0 million). This cash was used for the payment of the interim dividend, distribution of share premium to shareholders and further investments in existing owned properties.
Cash and cash equivalents decreased by approximately €0.4 million to €5.0 million (rounded) as at 31 December 2024. This decrease is largely driven by available cash at Interra Remington.
Share Capital and Share Price |
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Number of shares |
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Type of shares |
% |
31 December 2024 |
|
Ordinary shares issued to investors, admitted listing and trading |
74.6 |
3.910.250 |
|
Ordinary shares issued to the Promoters (Cornerstone Investment), admitted to listing and trading |
24.0 |
1.257.789 |
|
Promoter shares |
1.4 |
73.653 |
|
Priority shares issued to Sichting Prioriteit New Amsterdam Invest |
0.0 |
5 |
|
100.0 |
5.241.697 |
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Ordinary shares owned by the Company (Treasury Shares) |
943.558 |
||
Shares in total |
6.185.255 |
||
Share capital at €0.04 per share (€ * 1,000) |
247 |
The ordinary share price closed at € 9.00 on 31 December 2024 (31 December 2023: € 9.10)
Tax position
The current tax is based on the taxable result per entity for the reporting period. Up to 31 December 2023, the Company recognized losses. As a result of the profit realized during 2024 the net deferred tax asset, as recognised in 2023, decreased with € 333k, which is charged to the result 2024.
The unused tax losses in the amount of € 1.3 million pertain to the Netherlands and the United Kingdom and, as tax laws currently stand, can be carried forward indefinitely.
Events after balance sheet date
No relevant events after the balance sheet date.
Annual General Meeting scheduled for 6 June 2025 DV
The convocation, explanatory notes, written proxy and further documentation for the AGM will be available in Dutch and English. All relevant documents are available in the download section of NAI’s website https://www.newamsterdaminvest.nl/#downloads.
The agenda for the AGM includes various items, amongst others, the adoption of the annual accounts as published today, and the reappointment of BDO Audit & Assurance B.V. as external independent auditor of NAI for the fiscal year ending 31 December 2025. Full details of all voting items are published on NAI’s website. The annual report of NAI relating to the financial year ending on 31 December 2024 published 16 April 2025, including the financial statements, the reports of the management board and supervisory board and the remuneration report, have also been published on the Company’s website.
Financial Calendar
- 25 April 2025, publication Annual Report 2024.
- 25 April 2025, publication Agenda General Meeting of Shareholders 6 June 2025 DV.
- 6 June 2025 DV, General Meeting of Shareholders.
- 29 August 2025, DV half year 2025 results publication.
P&L and Balance Sheet New Amsterdam Invest 2024
An overview of the main financial statements of New Amsterdam Invest in 2024 is provided in the following tables attached to this press release, for more detailed information we refer to the annual report 2024 as published on the NAI website.
1. Statement of Consolidated Financial Position as at 31 December 2024 (2023)
2. Statement of Consolidated Profit and Loss for the Year 2024 (2023)
3. Statement of Consolidated Comprehensive Income for the year 2024 (2023)
4. Consolidated Cash Flow Statement for the year ended 31 December 2024 (2023)
5. Statement of Changes in Equity for the year ended 31 December 2024 (2023)
About New Amsterdam Invest
New Amsterdam Invest N.V. is a Dutch commercial real estate company listed at Euronext Amsterdam with operating companies in the United States and the United Kingdom.
The main objective of New Amsterdam Invest is running commercial activities including the owning, (re-)developing, acquiring, divesting, maintaining, letting out and/or otherwise operating commercial real estate, all in the broadest possible meaning.
All information about New Amsterdam Invest can be found on the company website: www.newamsterdaminvest.com
Disclaimer
Elements of this press release contain or may contain information about New Amsterdam Invest N.V. within the meaning of Article 7(1) to (4) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
This press release may include statements, including NAI’s financial and operational medium-term objectives that are, or may be deemed to be, ”forward-looking statements”. These forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms ”believes”, ”estimates”, ”plans”, ”projects”, ”anticipates”, ”expects”, ”intends”, ”may”, ”will” or ”should” or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans, objectives, goals, future events or intentions.
Forward-looking statements may and often do differ materially from actual results. Any forward-looking statements reflect NAI’s current view with respect to future events and are subject to risks relating to future events and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to NAI’s business, results of operations, financial position, liquidity, prospects, growth or strategies. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made.
1. Statement of Consolidated Financial Position |
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as at 31 December 2024 |
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(*€1,000) |
31 December 2024 |
31 December 2023 |
|
Assets |
|||
Non-current assets |
|||
Investment property |
128,664 |
77,416 |
|
Property, plant and equipment |
3 |
7 |
|
Deferred tax assets |
402 |
735 |
|
Total non-current assets |
129,069 |
78,158 |
|
Current assets |
|||
Accounts receivable |
769 |
516 |
|
Value added tax receivable |
360 |
10 |
|
Current account investors |
– |
130 |
|
Other assets and prepaid expenses |
1,027 |
146 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
5,097 |
5,490 |
|
Total current assets |
7,253 |
6,292 |
|
Total assets |
136,322 |
84,450 |
1. Statement of Consolidated Financial Position
|
||||
as at 31 December 2024 |
||||
(*€ 1,000) |
31 December |
31 December |
||
Equity and Liabilities |
||||
Equity |
||||
Share capital |
247 |
247 |
||
Share premium |
49,172 |
49,762 |
||
Currency translation reserve |
1,676 |
-610 |
||
Legal reserves |
868 |
– |
||
General reserves |
-5,989 |
-5,970 |
||
Attributable to owners of the parent |
45,974 |
43,430 |
||
Non-controlling interest |
8,773 |
840 |
||
Total equity |
54,747 |
44,270 |
||
Non-current liabilities |
||||
Loans bank |
63,720 |
35,393 |
||
Loans related party USA |
5,072 |
– |
||
Deferred tax liability |
1,252 |
116 |
||
Total non-current liabilities |
70,044 |
35,509 |
||
Current liabilities |
||||
Trade payables |
425 |
136 |
||
Tax liabilities |
2,049 |
105 |
||
Current account related party |
337 |
– |
||
Deferred rental income |
1,179 |
760 |
||
Loans bank |
408 |
– |
||
Loans related party USA |
2,340 |
2,201 |
||
Other short-term liabilities |
4,793 |
1,469 |
||
Total current liabilities |
11,531 |
4,671 |
||
Total liabilities |
81,575 |
40,180 |
||
Total equity and liabilities |
136,322 |
84,450 |
2. Statement of Consolidated Profit or Loss |
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for the year ended 31 December 2024 |
|||
(*€1,000) |
2024 |
2023 |
|
Rental income |
11,112 |
4,586 |
|
Direct related costs |
-3,560 |
-861 |
|
Net Rental income |
7,552 |
3,725 |
|
Revaluation of investment property |
3,517 |
-4,929 |
|
Legal and professional fees |
322 |
1,137 |
|
Personnel expenses |
826 |
665 |
|
Administrative and overhead expenses |
488 |
708 |
|
General expenses |
298 |
256 |
|
Other expenses |
-276 |
852 |
|
Total expenses |
1,658 |
3,618 |
|
Operating result |
9,411 |
-4,823 |
|
Financial income and expense |
-2,633 |
-578 |
|
Result before tax |
6,778 |
-5,401 |
|
Income tax |
-1,622 |
605 |
|
Result for the period |
5,156 |
-4,796 |
|
Result attributable to: |
|||
Shareholders |
2,647 |
-4,907 |
|
Non-controlling interest |
2,509 |
111 |
|
Result for the period |
5,156 |
-4,796 |
|
Basic earnings per share (*€1) |
0.51 |
-0.97 |
|
Diluted earnings per share (*€1) |
0.51 |
-0.97 |
3. Statement of Consolidated Comprehensive Income |
|||
for the year ended 31 December 2024
|
|||
(*€1,000) |
2024 |
2023 |
|
Result for the period |
5,156 |
-4,796 |
|
Items which may be recycled to profit or loss (net of tax) |
|||
Exchange differences |
2,674 |
-693 |
|
Total comprehensive income |
7,830 |
-5,489 |
|
Attributable to: |
|||
Shareholders |
4,933 |
-5,517 |
|
Non-controlling interest |
2,897 |
28 |
|
Total comprehensive income |
7,830 |
-5,489 |
4. Statement of Consolidated Cash Flows |
|||
for the year ended 31 December 2024 |
|||
(*€1,000) |
2024 |
2023 |
|
Operating activities |
|||
Result before tax |
6,778 |
-5,401 |
|
Adjustments |
|||
Depreciation |
5 |
7 |
|
Share-based payment expense |
– |
84 |
|
Reversal of impairment on VAT receivable |
-330 |
– |
|
Revaluation of investment property |
-3,517 |
4,929 |
|
Interest income and expense |
2,795 |
537 |
|
Total adjustments |
-1,047 |
5,557 |
|
Changes in working capital |
|||
Increase in current liabilities |
44 |
1,123 |
|
Decrease/(increase) in current assets excluding cash and cash equivalents |
-610 |
152 |
|
Increase/(decrease) in trade payables |
518 |
-61 |
|
Total changes in working capital |
-48 |
1,214 |
|
Cash generated from/(used in) operations |
5,683 |
1,370 |
|
Interest paid |
-2,637 |
-816 |
|
Interest received |
78 |
514 |
|
Income taxes paid |
– |
– |
|
Cash flow from operating activities |
3,124 |
1,068 |
|
Investing activities |
|||
Investments in investment property, net of cash acquired |
-1,338 |
-54,093 |
|
Investments in property, plant and equipment |
-1 |
-1 |
|
Release from escrow account |
– |
48,437 |
|
Cash flow from investing activities |
-1,339 |
-5,657 |
|
Financing activities |
|||
Proceeds from additional promoter contribution |
– |
335 |
|
Repayment of current account related party |
– |
-104 |
|
Proceeds from loans |
530 |
33,827 |
|
Repayment of loans |
-261 |
-23,956 |
|
Dividends paid |
-2,019 |
– |
|
Distribution to non-controlling interest |
-415 |
– |
|
Cash flow from financing activities |
-2,166 |
10,102 |
|
Movement Cash and cash equivalents |
-381 |
5,513 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents as at 1 January |
5,490 |
16 |
|
Exchange differences |
-12 |
-39 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents as at 31 December |
5,097 |
5,490 |
5. Statement of Consolidated Changes in Equity |
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for the year ended 31 December 2024 |
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(*€1,000) |
Share |
Share |
Currency |
Legal |
General |
Total |
Non-controlling |
Total |
247 |
49,762 |
-610 |
-5,970 |
43,430 |
840 |
44,270 |
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Balance at 31 December 2023 |
– |
|||||||
Result for the year |
– |
– |
– |
– |
2,647 |
2,647 |
2,509 |
5,156 |
Other comprehensive income |
– |
– |
2,286 |
– |
– |
2,286 |
388 |
2,674 |
Total comprehensive income |
– |
– |
2,286 |
– |
2,647 |
4,933 |
2,897 |
7,830 |
Non-controlling interest acquired |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
4,015 |
4,015 |
Transfer to legal reserves |
– |
– |
– |
868 |
-868 |
– |
– |
– |
Dividend |
– |
-590 |
– |
– |
-1,769 |
-2,359 |
– |
-2,359 |
Share-based payment |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1,436 |
1,436 |
Distribution to non-controlling interest |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
-415 |
-415 |
Other |
– |
– |
– |
– |
-30 |
-30 |
– |
-30 |
Balance at 31 December 2024 |
247 |
49,172 |
1,676 |
868 |
-5,989 |
45,974 |
8,773 |
54,747 |
5 Statement of Consolidated Changes in Equity |
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for the year ended 31 December 2023 |
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(*€1,000) |
Share |
Share |
Currency |
General |
Total |
Non-controlling |
Total |
247 |
49,419 |
– |
-1,146 |
48,520 |
– |
48,520 |
|
Balance at 31 December 2022 |
|||||||
Result for the year |
– |
– |
– |
-4,907 |
-4,907 |
111 |
-4,796 |
Other comprehensive income |
– |
– |
-610 |
– |
-610 |
-83 |
-693 |
Total comprehensive income |
– |
– |
-610 |
-4,907 |
-5,517 |
28 |
-5,489 |
Non-controlling interest acquired |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
812 |
812 |
Additional promoter contribution |
– |
343 |
– |
– |
343 |
– |
343 |
Equity settled share-based payments |
– |
– |
– |
84 |
84 |
– |
84 |
Balance at 31 December 2023 |
247 |
49,762 |
-610 |
-5,970 |
43,430 |
840 |
44,270 |
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Bybit Exchange Gold & FX Trading Hits All-Time-High As Gold Prices Soar

DUBAI, UAE, April 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, and the first mainstream cryptocurrency exchange to incorporate Gold & FX trading on its trading platform, is thrilled to introduce the Gold & FX Referral Program as Gold price skyrockets. This exclusive offer is available to eligible Bybit users only, with up to 10,000 USDT in bonuses available for top referrers.
In April 2025, Gold prices surpassed $3,500 per ounce for the first time in history, soaring by 42% year-on-year. Despite brief corrections, the oldest safe haven asset’s price growth continues to seem unstoppable as macroeconomic uncertainty intensifies. Live since August 2024, Bybit’s Gold & FX trading volumes also hit an all-time-high — exceeding $24 billion over a 24 hour period on April 17, 2025.
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- Referrers can each earn up to 10,000 USDT if their successful referees make an eligible first-time deposit and trade the minimum required number of lots.
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About Bybit
Bybit is the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, serving a global community of over 60 million users. Founded in 2018, Bybit is redefining openness in the decentralized world by creating a simpler, open and equal ecosystem for everyone. With a strong focus on Web3, Bybit partners strategically with leading blockchain protocols to provide robust infrastructure and drive on-chain innovation. Renowned for its secure custody, diverse marketplaces, intuitive user experience, and advanced blockchain tools, Bybit bridges the gap between TradFi and DeFi, empowering builders, creators, and enthusiasts to unlock the full potential of Web3. Discover the future of decentralized finance at Bybit.com.
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$4,000 Gold on the Horizon? Why Smart Money Is Piling Into Select Miners Ahead of Q2 2026

Equity Insider News Commentary
Issued on behalf of RUA GOLD Inc.
VANCOUVER, BC, April 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Equity Insider News Commentary – Despite the hyperactivity in the markets and with gold prices, analysts at JP Morgan are still predicting $4,000/oz gold prices by Q2 2026. And the optimism for gold bugs doesn’t end there, as a new report from Morningstar Equity Research is highlighting how these high gold prices support gold miner stocks. Now analysts from Jefferies are raising their price targets for gold mining stocks, ahead of upcoming earnings reports. Several gold stocks are providing reason for their recent market attention, including developments from RUA GOLD Inc. (TSXV: RUA) (OTCQB: NZAUF), Contango Ore Inc. (NYSE-American: CTGO), Prime Mining Corp. (TSX: PRYM) (OTCQX: PRMNF), Troilus Gold Corp. (TSX: TLG) (OTCQX: CHXMF), and Goliath Resources Limited (TSXV: GOT) (OTCQB: GOTRF).
Seen as a safe haven, demand for the precious metal is on the rise along with prices themselves. As far as miners go, one can look to the ETFs to see that both the VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) and Sprott Junior Gold Miners ETF (SGDJ) have had a stellar 2025 so far, with +44.80% and +39.58% year-to-date performance respectively (as of April 24, 2025).
New Zealand-focused gold exploration company, RUA GOLD Inc. (TSXV: RUA) (OTCQB: NZAUF), recently reported encouraging new drill results from its Auld Creek project in the historic Reefton Goldfield, with assays pointing to improved gold grades at depth along the Fraternal ore shoot. Standout intercepts include 9.0 meters at 5.9 g/t gold equivalent (5.2 g/t Au and 0.16% Sb) from hole ACDDH027, and 1.25 meters at 48.3 g/t AuEq (13.3 g/t Au and 8.1% Sb) from ACDDH028. Importantly, these results—returned from 80 to 100 meters beneath the current resource envelope—appear to confirm that gold-antimony mineralization intensifies with depth, supporting the company’s model of a high-grade, south-plunging zone that remains open.
The Auld Creek project represents just one component of RUA’s broader 2025 exploration push across the Reefton district, where the company now holds 95% control over the historic goldfield.
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RUA Gold is taking a fresh approach to one of New Zealand’s most storied gold districts—becoming the first modern explorer to deploy advanced geological modeling and AI-driven targeting across the Reefton Goldfield.
And it’s working.
At Auld Creek, the company’s flagship project, early drill campaigns have already delivered hits like 12 meters at 12.2 g/t gold equivalent, including a standout 2 meters at 54.8 g/t gold, while surface sampling has uncovered antimony grades topping 40%. Four mineralized shoots have been confirmed so far, but only two are factored into the current inferred resource: 700,000 tonnes grading 3.1 g/t gold and 1.1% antimony—suggesting considerable room to grow.
Meanwhile, the 2025 drill season is expanding across the district.
Active programs are now underway at Murray Creek and the Gallant prospect within the Cumberland camp. As a target prioritized by modern AI technology, Gallant sits just 3 kilometers from the historic Globe Progress mine, where OceanaGold pulled more than 610,000 ounces of gold between 2007 and 2016, on top of the 424,000 ounces produced before 1950. Taken together, the Reefton belt has historically yielded over 2 million ounces, with grades that once reached 50 g/t.
Gallant is being tested for potential extensions of a previously reported 20.7-meter vein grading 62.2 g/t gold, including a 1-meter blast of 1,911 g/t. At Murray Creek, visible gold has now been noted in the majority of holes—an encouraging sign for a system still in its early innings.
But RUA’s ambitions don’t end in Reefton.
On the North Island, the company is advancing its Glamorgan Project, located near OceanaGold’s Wharekirauponga (WKP) deposit. There, two large gold-arsenic anomalies—spanning more than 4 kilometers—have been mapped, and rock samples have returned assays as high as 43 g/t gold. With drill targeting already underway, Glamorgan could emerge as the company’s next high-impact play.
Although gold remains the central theme, antimony is quietly shaping up as a strategic wild card. In January 2025, New Zealand added antimony to its official Critical Minerals List. With global supplies tightening and prices rising above US$50,000 per tonne, intercepts like 0.3 meters at 27.2 g/t gold and 1.35% Sb are starting to draw meaningful investor attention.
With a team behind $11 billion in mining exits, and $5.75 million in fresh capital, RUA Gold is not just exploring—it’s executing on a clear plan to unlock overlooked, high-grade potential across one of the Southern Hemisphere’s most underexplored gold belts.
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In other industry developments and happenings in the market include:
Contango Ore Inc. (NYSE-American: CTGO) recently announced a $9 million cash distribution from the Peak Gold JV, bringing total proceeds from Manh Choh gold sales in 2025 to $33 million.
“Operations remain on track at Manh Choh with Contango’s share of gold production for 2025 expected to be 60,000 ounces at the previously guided all-in-sustaining costs (“AISC”) of $1,625 per ounce of gold sold for 2025,” Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse, President and CEO of Contango Ore. “We plan to release financial results from the Q1-2025 on May 14, 2025.”
The first of four production campaigns has now been completed, with 20,000 ounces delivered to Contango’s account. A second campaign is scheduled to begin mid-May, with full-year production guidance holding at 60,000 ounces.
“On our Johnson Tract, we are in final stages of completing the previously announced preliminary economic assessment (“PEA”) and expect to have it released by the end of April,” added Van Nieuwenhuyse.
Prime Mining Corp. (TSX: PRYM) (OTCQX: PRMNF) continues to advance its Los Reyes Project in Sinaloa, Mexico, with high-grade gold-silver intercepts from multiple zones, including Z-T, Central, Guadalupe East, Las Primas, and Fresnillo. Recent drilling highlights included 42.07 g/t AuEq over 1.0 m at Guadalupe East and 9.39 g/t AuEq over 10.5 m at Z-T, while new results from the Fresnillo generative target show near-surface mineralization extended by 120 metres.
“2024 proved to be another transformational year for Prime: we drilled over 50,000 metres, expanded the Los Reyes resource, advanced technical de-risking and worked closely with our communities to earn our social license to operate,” said Scott Hicks, CEO of Prime. “In 2025, we are looking forward to continuing our track record of exploration success while demonstrating our deep commitment to our local communities and the environment. We additionally plan to advance our understanding of Los Reyes toward a Preliminary Economic Assessment.”
Troilus Gold Corp. (TSX: TLG) (OTCQX: CHXMF) recently signed a mandate letter with a syndicate of global financial institutions, including Societe Generale, KfW IPEX-Bank, and Export Development Canada, to arrange up to US$700 million in structured project debt financing. This follows US$1.3 billion in previously announced LOIs from export credit agencies and marks a major step toward a fully funded construction package.
“Securing this mandate with three globally recognized financial institutions that have expertise in structuring financing solutions for large-scale mining development is a pivotal step in delivering a fully funded construction package for the Troilus project,” said Justin Reid, CEO of Troilus. “These institutions bring world-class mining finance expertise, and their participation further validates the project’s strong fundamentals and strategic importance. Project due diligence is underway in parallel with continued permitting and detailed engineering; our development schedule is on track as we advance Troilus towards construction.”
Goliath Resources Limited (TSXV: GOT) (OTCQB: GOTRF) recently definitively confirmed its Surebet discovery as part of a large-scale, high-grade Reduced Intrusion Related Gold (RIRG) system, following a detailed geological study by the Colorado School of Mines. The study confirms two distinct but related mineralization styles tied to a single magmatic source, with visible gold increasing in grade and coarseness at depth.
Drilling has intercepted gold in 100% of 243 holes across a 1.8 km² area, including intercepts of 34.52 g/t AuEq over 39.0 meters. With the system still open in all directions, Surebet presents a compelling case for a major gold discovery in the heart of British Columbia’s Golden Triangle.
“When you consider how widespread the high-grade gold mineralization is in the veins and RIRG zones, the source is potentially extremely large,” said Roger Rosmus, Founder and CEO of Goliath Resources. “The more drilling and scientific studies we do at the Surebet discovery, the better it gets, and we are still high in the system that is open in all directions, and we are delighted with the prospect with what can be found as we continue to laterally and drill deeper for the source of the high-grade gold system.”
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